MFA Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Imps / vul vs not. ♠ 4♥ K7543♦ A2♣ AQ742 (1♠) - pass - (1NT) - ?? 1NT was acol style 6-9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 I'll bid 2♥, bad suit and all. 2♠ is risky since partner may have to go to hearts anyway, and 2♣ doesn't have enough upside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 2♥, with double being the closest (and IMO, only reasonable) alternative. On a hand like this, even though the suit is bad, there is just a huge upside to finding a heart fit that we have to take our best shot at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Where are the spades?Opener 5 responder 2 and 1 in my hand, so partner could have 5 of them.This reduces the chances of a fit for both sides.Do I really want to play a 7-8 card fit at the 3 level? I'll try 2♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Well - I voted for 2♠'s because if we have this bid available, if we don't have enough for it now, it would be so rarely bid that it is a waste of a bid. Otherwise, 2♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 I voted for 2♠ probably for the same reasons as Mosene, but on second thoughts 2♥ might just be enough since partner has quite a number of spades (probably) and just a few HCP. With better suits (T9's in both ♥ & ♣) 2♠ would surely be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 2H. Same reasons as josh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 2♠. The worst that can happen is one more down in 3♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 [hv=d=w&v=n&n=skjt7htdk765cj853&w=saq9652hqj8d43ckt&e=s83ha943dqjt98c96&s=s4hk7652da2caq742]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] At the table south tried 2♥, which west calmly passed out. 2♥ went down one after a ♦ lead, although it probably could have been made if declarer guesses to play a trump to the K immediately.I was kibbitzing and thought I would probably have doubled 1NT myself. But 2♥ is also reasonable. I don't like 2♠ at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Well if double means two places to play, that's OK. But if you double and partner bids 3♦ over 2♠, what will you do? 2♥ turned out to be a terrible choice in this particular hand, does it make any of the 2♥ bidders change their mind towards a more 'flexible' bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Well if double means two places to play, that's OK. But if you double and partner bids 3♦ over 2♠, what will you do? 2♥ turned out to be a terrible choice in this particular hand, does it make any of the 2♥ bidders change their mind towards a more 'flexible' bid?I would surely pass if partner bid 3♦ over 2♠. It's not necessarily so great if partner bids diamonds, but at least it will be his best suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I would bid 2H. 2S is out of the question, double seems too deep, 2C is even deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Isn't there a pretty good chance of going plus if we pass? I know there is no vulnerable game bonus for that, but it seems to me a better option than the all-in-one-basket 2♥ approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Credit to west for passing over 2♥, it's a correct call but most players will automatically bid 2♠ there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Isn't there a pretty good chance of going plus if we pass? I know there is no vulnerable game bonus for that, but it seems to me a better option than the all-in-one-basket 2♥ approach.We have to bid. We could easily have game. Or at least a making partscore. Giving up because we don't have a perfect bid is a sure way to get bulldozed in the long run imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Bidding 2 spades is horrible, our best chance to find a game is that aprtner voluntarilly raises to 3♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Isn't there a pretty good chance of going plus if we pass? I know there is no vulnerable game bonus for that, but it seems to me a better option than the all-in-one-basket 2♥ approach.We have to bid. We could easily have game. Or at least a making partscore. Giving up because we don't have a perfect bid is a sure way to get bulldozed in the long run imo. I don't think this reasoning is quite right. We don't bid every time we could have game (I'm not sure what % you would put with "easily"). And, it is possible to go plus when defending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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